Janus: Miscellaneous views in Calabar, Opobo and Sierra Leone, circa 1912-1913

RCS/Y3043O contains:
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14	[Unidentified building]
15	[S.S. 'Elmina']
16	[Durbar or regatta at Opobo]
17	[Durbar or regatta at Opobo]
18	[King Ovonramwen of Benin and wives]
19	[?Prince Frederick Sunday Jaja of Opobo and retainers]
20	[Delegation of Nigerian chiefs to London, July 1913]
21	[Delegation of Nigerian chiefs to London, July 1913]
22	[Railway line ?near Freetown, Sierra Leone]
23	[River scene and village, Sierra Leone]
24	[Fishing with 'bimbi' nets, ?Sherbro, Sierra Leone]
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Miscellaneous views in Calabar, Opobo and Sierra Leone, circa 1912-1913

Title	[?Prince Frederick Sunday Jaja of Opobo and retainers]
Reference	Y3043O/19
Extent and Medium	Good condition.

Content and context

206 x 143 mm. A group photograph showing an African king and his retainers. The central figure, wearing European clothes, a crown and seated on a throne beneath a large umbrella is possibly Chief Frederick Sunday Jaja (1873-1915) son of King Jaja of Opobo. Prince Frederick was educated in London and was in 1888 temporarily exiled with his father in the British West Indies. King Jaja dies in 1891 and was succeeded by his son in 1893. Two other Africans dressed in European clothes are seated beside the central figure, the one on the left possibly being Chief Shoo Peterside (-1923), Chief in Opobo Town. On either side of these figures stand a group of Africans wearing a mixed collection of clothes. A youth seated in the foreground holds an unidentified object made from a pair of horns.

Further information

A description of this photograph can be found in: 'Commonwealth in focus : 130 years of photographic history' (1982), Sydney: International Cultural Corporation of Australia, p.11.

Indexed

CN 1026 and CN/CUL Y3043O/19.

Index Terms

Africa

Nigeria

Jaja, Frederick Sunday (1873-1915) King of Opodo

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